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Sunday, January 13, 2019

Tlaib, the Democratic Party, and Jew-Hate - Ari Lieberman

​by Ari Lieberman

The Democrats' silence in the face of vile comments by one of their own.

It’s fair to say that ex-congressman John Conyers (D, Mi.), who represented Michigan’s 13th district, was not a good guy. The octogenarian congressman willingly attended Farrakhan gatherings, signed on to anti-Israel legislation and was eventually forced to resign amid a string sexual harassment
allegations. It’s also fair to say that his replacement, Rashida Tlaib,
who identifies as “Palestinian,” is a walking train wreck by
comparison.

In the hours following her inauguration, Tlaib
demanded Trump’s impeachment, called him a “mother f*cker,” admitted
that she used this language in front of her child, displayed a map in
which the State of Israel was replaced with “Palestine,” insinuated that U.S. Jews maintain dual loyalties (this coming from a woman who draped herself in a “Palestinian” flag and garb during her inauguration) and implied that U.S. politicians are controlled by Israel.

This behavior is to be expected from someone like Tlaib, whose
unhinged anti-Israel and anti-Semitic vitriol is well known. In fact,
Tlaib is so anti-Israel that even the anti-Israel J Street withdrew
support for her. What is surprising is the Democratic Party’s
near-complete silence on the matter. The calumny of dual loyalty is
nearly as old as antisemitism itself and is regurgitated with banal
regularity by conspiracy theorists on the hard-right and left. Former
KKK leader David Duke and Tlaib find common ground on this matter.
Tlaib’s ally, the Farrakhan-supporting Linda Sarsour recently invoked the same anti-Semitic trope.

So why have Democrats remained silent? Why have they not issued a
full-throated condemnation of Tlaib’s vile comments? There are three
likely explanations, which are not mutually exclusive and often overlap.

First, many Democrats suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, which
prevents them from assessing serious matters, such as antisemitism, in
rational terms. Tlaib is anti-Semitic to her core but because she is a
Trump hater, she’s given a free pass. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
(D-NY) falls into this category. She showered Linda Sarsour with praise
despite Sarsour’s odious past and ties to Farrakhan. Gillibrand’s
hatred of Trump is so deep-seated that she will choose to pair up and
find common cause with sordid characters who share her pedantic views on
Trump.

Second, fear is a powerful motivator and is effective
at curbing dissent. Many within the Democratic Party are fearful of
speaking their minds and challenging the new up and coming but still
relatively small socialist contingent within the Democratic Party. This
includes people like Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and
Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar who replaced Keith Ellison. Ocasio-Cortez is a
key Sarsour ally and has been highly critical of Israel while Omar
accused Israel of committing “evil doings”
and hypnotizing the world. She is also a BDS supporter who lied to her
constituents about her position on BDS prior to the elections.

Chris Coons (D-Del) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) who represent the
moderate wing of the Democratic Party, and are staunch supporters of
Israel have inexplicably failed to address the growing chorus of
anti-Semitic invective issued by fellow party members. Their silence can
largely be attributed to abject fear of provoking a backlash from
radical elements within the party. The fascist left has been successful
in drowning out voices of moderation. This is best exemplified by the
so-called Women’s March organization where Sarsour and her foul-mouthed
cronies sidelined and marginalized more moderate elements within the
movement who desired more inclusivity. In fairness, Manchin did condemn Tlaib’s vulgar comments regarding Trump but he was in the minority. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca) defended them.

Finally, the Democratic Party itself is metastasizing
into an anti-Semitic body much the same way that Britain’s Labour Party
has. The British Labour Party, taking its cues from its party boss,
Jeremy Corbyn, is rife with Judeophobia and hatred of Israel. In fact,
Britain’s Labour Party is so irretrievably anti-Semitic that many of its
members have left or resigned in disgust. Every leading Jewish paper in
Britain classified Jeremy Corbyn and his Labour Party as an existential
threat to British Jewry and at least 40 percent of Britain’s Jews said
they would consider emigrating if Corbyn ever seized power.

America’s Democratic Party is not the British Labour Party. In fact, it
displays nowhere near the malevolence of its cousin across the Atlantic.
Yet the seeds of Corbyn-like antisemitism have been implanted by the
likes of Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and the king of
Democratic Socialism, Bernie Sanders (I-Vt).

One of the more
shocking instances of Jew-hate from the Democratic Party did not
originate with the Democratic Socialist contingent. It occurred during
Trump’s hard-fought battle
to have Kenneth L. Marcus confirmed as assistant secretary of education
for civil rights and involved Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash). Marcus,
whose impressive curriculum vitae rendered him more than qualified for
the job witnessed intensive Democratic efforts to have his appointment
thwarted. He has been vocal in his criticism of the anti-Semitic BDS
campaign and believes that the Department of Education should be more
pro-active in combatting the scourge antisemitism, which has become
pervasive on college campuses thanks to the presence of anti-Semitic
groups like Students for Justice in Palestine. During an exchange between a Marcus supporter and a senior aide to Murray, the Murray staffer reportedly said “We do not care about anti-Semitism in this office.”
Murry’s communication director later characterized the quote as
inaccurate but the denial is highly suspect. This rancid view has taken
hold within the extreme elements of the Democratic Party and traces of
it have filtered into mainstream Democratic Party discourse. If this
deleterious trend remains unchecked, the Democratic Party will without
question transform into the party of Jeremy Corbyn, and that would be
disastrous for all Americans.

Ari Lieberman is an attorney and former prosecutor who has authored numerous articles
and publications on matters concerning the Middle East and is
considered an authority on geo-political and military developments
affecting the region.Source: https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272496/tlaib-democratic-party-and-jew-hate-ari-liebermanFollow Middle East and Terrorism on Twitter